Umbrella.



C. U. CARPENTER.

UMBRELLA.

APPLICATION FILED IAN. 20, |915.

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C. U. CARPENTER.

UMBRELLA.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 20,1915.

Patented July l0, 1917.

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CHARLES 'U'. CARPENTER, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

'UM'.BBELLA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 10, 191'.

Application filed January 20, 1915. Serial No. 3,287.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I. CHARLES U. CARPEN- TER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful. Improvements in Umbrellas, of which the following is a specification.

It isthe object of my 'invention to pro vide an umbrella. which is readily collapsible for being readily received in a suitcase or valise, and so arranged as to avoid detachable parts which practice has demonstrated are readily lost, and' to further avoid the use of a stick having pivoted portions forshortening the same, which practice has shown is subject to rust at the joints and liable to injure clothing or goods with which itmay come in contact in the suit-ease or valise.

. It is a further object of my invention to provide a collapsible umbrella so arranged that the closing of the umbrella is accomplished by a shortening of the stick thereof,

the opening of the umbrella being accomplished by a lengthening of the stickthereof, so that when the umbrella is closed'it may be readily received in a suit-case kor valise and when the umbrella is open its stick may be sufficiently long to raise the protecting part of the umbrella sufficiently above the head without exertion.

The invention will be further readily understood from the following description and claims, and from the drawings, in which latter:

Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in axial section and partly broken away, showing my improved device in closed relation.

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing my improved device in open relation.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the lower portion of the stick, showing the parts in the relation assumed whenv the umbrella is open.

Fig. l is a cross-section on the line 4--4 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a cross-section taken on the 4line 5 5 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a cross-section taken on the'line 66 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 7 is a cross-section taken on the line 7 7 of Fig. v.

Fig. 8 is an axial section taken on a line corresponding to the line 8-8 of Fig. 6.

Fig. 9 is a side elevation, partly in axial section on the line 9-9 of Fig. 13. and partly broken away, showing a modification of my improved device in closed relation.

Fig. 10 is asimilar view of the same in open relation.

Fig. 11 is a side elevation of the lower portion of the stick of the modification, showing the relation assumed when the umbrella is closed.

Fig. 12 is a cross-section taken on the line 12#12 of Fig. 9.

Fig. 13 is a cross-section taken on the line 13-13 of Fig. 9.

Fig. 14 is a cross-section taken on the line 1li-14 of Fig. 11.

Fig. 15 is a cross-section taken on the line 15-15 of Fig. 11; and,

Fig. 16 is an axial section taken on a. line corresponding to the line 16-16 of Fig. 141-.

Referring to Figs. 1 to S inclusive, the ribs of the umbrella are shown at 21, and the braces at 22, the ribs and braces being pivoted together by pivot-pins 23. 24 is a pivot-ring for the ribs, the ribs being pivoted thereto in recesses 25 on suitable pivots 26.

27 is a pivot-ring for the braces, the braces being pivoted thereto in recesses 28 by suitable pivot-pins 29. A cover 30 is arranged to be received about the ribs, being suitably secured thereto.

The corresponding parts of Figs. 9 to 16 inclusive are 'designated by similar but primed reference numerals.

When opening the umbrella the pivots rings 24: and 27 are arranged to be separated for spreading the ribs, and' when closing the umbrella the said pivot-rings are arranged to be moved relatively toward one another for swinging the ribs and braces upon their respective pivot-rings inwardly, as will' be yseen by a comparison of Figs. 1 'and`2 and of'Figs. 9 and 10.

Referring again to Figs. 1 to 8 inclusive,

the rib pivot-ring 24 is secured to a rod 31, desirably carrying a cap 32, the middle portion of the cover being clamped between said cap and the pivot-ring 24.

A tube 33 surrounds the rod and has the brace pivot-ring 27 thereon, the same being preferably rigidly secured thereto. The tube carries a handle 34 rigidly secured thereto. The tube is provided with a slot 35 through which a pin 36 extends from the rod. The slot and pin have relative longitudinal movement between them when relative movement is imparted longitudinally between the tube and rod.

The pin connects with a slide 37, which may be in the form of a sleeve, being received in a slot 38 in said slide. The slide has limited rotative movement with relation to the pin, and is provided with an inwardly projecting. lug 39 arranged to be received in the slot 35 when relative longitudinal movement between the rod and tube is to be elfected, and to be received in either of the off-sets 40, 41, extending laterally from the slot 35, for maintaining the umbrella respectively in open or closed relation.

The slide and handle are preferably in adjacency with each yother at the outer end of the stick of the umbrella, when the umbrella is closed, so that in manipulation for opening or closing the umbrella the parts for effecting the opening `and closing may be conveniently located at the outer end of the stick. v

In thepresent instance, the stick is a pluripart stick, composed of the rod and the tube, the stick being shortened when clos ing the umbrella and lengthened when opening the umbrella. The parts of the pluripart stick are preferably of substantially equal lengths. If it is desired to open the umbrella, the slide is shifted rotatively for withdrawing the lug 39 f/rom the off-set 41 into the range of the slot 35 which extends parallel with the axis of the stick. The handle 34, which is at the outer end of the tube, is grasped with one hand and the slide 37, connected for movement with the rod, yis ,grasped with the other hand, and the handle and slide separated, whereby longitudinal movement is effected between the rod and tube for separating the pivot-rings 24 and 27 and thereby opening the umbrella and lengthen ing the stick. When the umbrella is open, a `rotative movement is imparted to the slide for causing the lug 39 to enter the oiiset 40, whereby the umbrella is maintained .in open relation and longitudinal movement between the parts of the pluri-part stick is prevented.

It will befurther noted that when the rings 24 and 27 are separated, that the braces 22 are slightly below the level of the pivots 23, the natural stretch which is in the goods of the cover of the umbrella acting to pull the pin 36 upwardly against the upper wall of the slot 35 and thereby aiding in maintaining the umbrella in open relation.

Referring now to Figs. 9 to 16 inclusive, the rib pivot-ring 24 is on the tube 33 and the brace pivot-ring 27 is on the rod 31. Furthermore, the handle 34 is on the rod 31.

The tube 33 is provided with a spider 42 comprising longitudinal webs 43 between which passengers 44 are located. The brace pivot-ring has wings 45 which form the walls of the recesses 28', the pivot-pins 29 being in these wings. The wings extend through the passages for connecting` with the braces.

In this modification the stick of the umbrella is also a pluri-part stick, which is shortened when the umbrella is closed by relative longitudinal movement between the parts of the pluri-part stick and is lengthened by relative movement between the parts of the pluri-part stick when the umbrellais opened.

Having thus fully described my invention, what- I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In an umbrella, the combinationof a pluri-part stick, the parts whereof are located one in the other and have relative axial movement, a handle on the outer end of one of said parts, a brace Vpivot-piece on the inner end of said one of said partsbraces pivoted thereto, the outerend of the other of said parts extending proximate tosaid handle when the umbrella is closed, arib pivotpiece on the opposite end of said other of said parts, ribs pivoted thereto, pivots connecting said braces and ribs, said pivotpieces Abeing atione side of the plane perpendicular to the axis of the stick in which said last-named pivots are located while the umbrella is closed and at opposite sides of said plane while said umbrella is open, and a rotatable sleevesurrounding the outer one of said parts and having connection with the inner one of said parts for relative axial movement of said parts, said sleeve and outer part'provided with coacting latching members forming`v a latchfor maintaining said umbrella in closed relation or in open relation.

2. In an umbrella, the combination of a pluri-part stick, the parts whereof are lo cated one in the other and have relative axial movement and the outer ends whereof are in proximate positions when the .umbrella is closed, a handle on the outer end of one of said parts, a brace pivot-piece on the inner end of said one of said parts,

-braces pivoted thereto, Vsaid handle, pivot-- piece and said one of said parts being connected for combined movement when said handle is moved, a hand-operated latching part at the outer end of the other4 of Said parts, a rib pivot-piece on the opposite end of said other of said parts, ribs pivoted thereto, said rib pivot-piece, hand-operated latcliing part and said other of said parts connected for combined movement when said hand-operated latching part is moved axially, and pivots connecting said braces and the ribs, said pivot-pieces being et one side of the plane perpendicular to the axis of the stick in which said last-named pivots five cents each, Washington, D. C.

are located While the umbrella. is closed and at opposite sides of said plane While said umbrella is open.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto 15 signed my naine in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

CHARLES U. CARPENTER.

Witnesses:

G. W. Ro'rHAAE, J. R. SCHERM.

by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, 

